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12 You must come now
    to Judgment Valley,[a]
where the Lord will judge
    the surrounding nations.

13 (A) They are a field of ripe crops.
    Bring in the harvest!
They are grapes piled high.
    Start trampling them now![b]
If our enemy's sins were wine,
    every jar would overflow.
14 Crowds fill Decision Valley.
The judgment day of the Lord
    will soon be here—

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Footnotes

  1. 3.12 Judgment Valley: See the note at 3.2.
  2. 3.13 grapes … now: People trampled grapes with their bare feet to squeeze out the juice.

12 “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(A)
for there I will sit
    to judge(B) all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle,(C)
    for the harvest(D) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(E)
    for the winepress(F) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

14 Multitudes,(G) multitudes
    in the valley(H) of decision!
For the day of the Lord(I) is near
    in the valley of decision.(J)

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